Tropics, germs, and crops: How endowments influence economic development

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-39

  Easterly, William ^a   Levine, Ross ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Georgaphy; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037274117     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(02)00200-3     Document Type: Article

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